Running-gear for vehicles



(No Model.)v E. E. WALLACE.

RUNNING GEAR EOE VEHICLES.

Patented May 3l, 1898.

lllnrrnn Staines Partnr Ormea.

ROBERT HENRY WALLACE, OF NEW CONCORD, OHIO.

liUNNlNG-GIEAE FOR VEB-HOLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,811, dated May 31,1898. Application filed March 31, 1897. Serial No. 630,151. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ROBERT HENRY W'AL- LACE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Concord, in the county of Muskingum and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Running-Gear for Vehicles, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in running-gear for vehicles.

The objects of the present invention are to improve the construction ofvehicle runninggear, to provide a simple and efficient device by whichthe front and rear axles can. be pivoted and caused to track perfectly,and to enable either end of a running-gear to be used as the front andto receive a pole or tongue.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a running gear constructedin accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a reverse plan view of thesame, the axles being shown parallel in full lines and at an angle indotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view illustrating theconstruction of the central guide and showing a portion of theconnecting wires or rods. Fig. 4. is a detail sectional Viewillustrating the manner of mounting the brake-bar. Fig. 5 is a detailperspective View of one of the seinicircular end guides.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 and 2 designate axles, upon each of which is mounted a pair ofoutwardly-converging hounds 3, the outer terminals of each pairbeingadapted to receive a tongue or pole,where by the running-gear is adaptedto have either of its ends arranged at the front of the vehicle. Theinner terminals of the hounds are connected by transverse bars 4, andthe two axles are connected by a reach-bar 5, pivoted at each end by avertical pin or king-bolt 6, which also pivots a bolster 7 to each axle,a sand-bolster 8 being interposed between the hounds and thebody-receiving bolster 7 in the ordinary manner. The bolsters 7 areprovided with standards and are adapted to support a wagon-body, andsprings can be employed, if desired.

The axles 1 and 2 are caused to track perfectly by a pair ofdiagonally-disposed connecting wires or rods 9 passing centrally througha guide 10 of the reach and secured at their terminals to the innerfaces of the axles, at opposite sides of the center thereof. The centralguide, which consists of a block suitably secured to the reach, isprovided with diagonally-disposed openings through which the rods pass.

Semicircular guides 11, which are mounted on and extend inward from theaxles, are interposed between the ends of the connecting wires or rodsand are adapted to spread the same properly when the axles are arrangedat an angle to each other in turning the running-gear to prevent thewires or rods from shortening through bending and thereby maintainingthe axles firmly in proper relation to each other. The semicircular endguides are bolted to the hounds and are provided with peripheral groovesfor the reception of the wires or rods 9.

A transverse brake-bar 13, which is arranged at one end of therunning-gear, is mounted in brackets 14E and is connected by asubstantially V- shaped frame or piece 15 with one arm of a rock-shaft1G, and the latter, which is provided at its outer end with an arm, maybe connected with any suitable operating mechanism. The brake-bar isrecessed to receive the brackets and is provided at its end withbrake-shoes, the recessing holding the brake-bar against longitudinalmovement.

It will be seen that the connection between the axles cause them totrack perfectly, that either end of the running-gear may be arranged atthe front of avehicle, and that the improvement is applicable to variouskinds of vehicles and sleds.

Wvhat I claim is- In a running-gear, the combination of a reach, a pairof axles pivoted to the ends of the reach, the centrally-arran gedguide-block mounted on the reach between the ends thereof and providedwith diagonally-disposed openings, the wires or rods 9 disposeddiagonally of the runnin g-gear, extending through IOO the openings ofthe guide and secured at In testimony that I claim the foregoing astheir terminals to the axles near the ends my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in Io thereof, and the semcircular guides mounted thepresence of tWo Witnesses.

on the axles and interposed between the ends 5 of the Wires or rods totake up the slack vof ROBERT HENRY WALLACE' the latter and Cause theWheels to track per- Witnesses: feetly in turning the vehicle,substantially J. M. WALLACE,

as and for the purpose described. l J. W. MILLER.

